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France, having just weathered record-breaking heatwaves, is now suffering from extreme weather conditions combining tornadoes, massive hailstorms, and torrential downpours.
In the west-central Loire region, a tornado struck, overturning a truck and blowing away building roofs. Meanwhile, in the southeastern Ardèche region, tennis ball-sized hail battered down, shattering car windshields and blanketing the streets in white.
Additionally, more than 330,000 lightning strikes were recorded in a single day, and heavy winds and downpours caused widespread damage, leaving approximately 53,000 households without power. Most shockingly, these extreme weather events have even resulted in fatalities in France.
One woman was killed after being struck by a tree downed by strong winds, and a man lost his life in a fire triggered by a lightning strike.
Experts analyzed that as cold air flowed over land surfaces heated by prolonged heatwaves exceeding 40°C, powerful supercells formed, simultaneously triggering tornadoes and hailstorms.
(Reported by Jung Kyung-woo | Producer: Yang Hyun-yi | Video Editing: Lee Eui-sun | Design: Yang Hye-min | Produced by Morning Wide Part 3)
In the west-central Loire region, a tornado struck, overturning a truck and blowing away building roofs. Meanwhile, in the southeastern Ardèche region, tennis ball-sized hail battered down, shattering car windshields and blanketing the streets in white.
Additionally, more than 330,000 lightning strikes were recorded in a single day, and heavy winds and downpours caused widespread damage, leaving approximately 53,000 households without power. Most shockingly, these extreme weather events have even resulted in fatalities in France.
One woman was killed after being struck by a tree downed by strong winds, and a man lost his life in a fire triggered by a lightning strike.
Experts analyzed that as cold air flowed over land surfaces heated by prolonged heatwaves exceeding 40°C, powerful supercells formed, simultaneously triggering tornadoes and hailstorms.
(Reported by Jung Kyung-woo | Producer: Yang Hyun-yi | Video Editing: Lee Eui-sun | Design: Yang Hye-min | Produced by Morning Wide Part 3)
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